How to watch England v DR Congo, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

England begin the knockout stages of the World Cup with a match against DR Congo in Atlanta.

The winner of the tie will go on to face either Mexico or Ecuador in Mexico City in the round of 16.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time in the UK

5pm UK time, Wednesday 1st July

How to watch in the UK

TV channel: BBC One

Streaming: BBC iPlayer

Team news

England: Reece James (doubt), Jarell Quansah (doubt), Declan Rice (doubt)

DR Congo: N/A – All players fit

Predicted line-ups

England (4-3-3): Pickford; Spence, Konsa, Guehi, O’Reilly; Anderson, Rice, Bellingham; Madueke, Kane Rashford

DR Congo (5-3-2): Mpasi-Nzau; Wan-Bissaka, Tuanzebe, Mbemba, Kapuadi, Masuaku; Moutoussamy, Sadiki, Kayembe; Wissa, Bakambu

Recent form

England went unbeaten in the group stages, winning twice and drawing once against Ghana. Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have been the team’s brightest sparks scoring five of England’s six goals so far.

DR Congo are also in good form going into this clash. They picked up a huge point against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the first match before only narrowly losing to Colombia. They sealed their spot in the round of 32 with a 3-1 win over Uzbekistan in the final game.

What’s been said?

England have issues at right back with Reece James and Jarell Quansah both likely to miss the clash through injury. Tuchel was positive he has enough in his squad to combat those injuries.

“You find solutions. It is a team sport. We would love to have Reece and Jarell with us, but they are injured at the moment.

“Other players will step up and we will push this over the line.”

DR Congo coach Sebastien Desabre said all the pressure is on England in this last 32 World Cup clash.

“We don’t have much to lose, but it is also a source of motivation. If we’re here, it’s because we deserve it,” Desabre told his pre-match press conference in Atlanta. 

“Our World Cup is already a success relative to our goals.

“The pressure is on the England team. They need to keep moving forward towards their objectives.”